The worst game of the year
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Duke Nukem was awful. I could have forgiven the dated gameplay and frequent lengthy loading screens if the humour wasn't so damn far off base. I know Duke is rude and crude, but every piece of dialogue in DNF was forced and just tacky. My favourite part of that game was fishing a turd out of the toilet and repeatedly hurling it against the wall just to hear Duke complain about it.
So, a viable metaphor for the act of playing the game itself, I suppose.
So, a viable metaphor for the act of playing the game itself, I suppose.
Interestingly, I have Brink on PC and 360 and if I think about it I actually only spent about two dollars. I got my 360 version free when a friend of mine bought it, hated it, and brought it over as a gift. Two weeks later I got it included in a steam sale as part of the Quakecon pack, which cost me $70 but included about 35 or so games, from retro to new starting with Doom and Commander Keen up to Brink and Fallout New Vegas.Dansen said:
Hyperdimension Neptunia. If you even recognize my avatar you know my hatred for this game. This is the worst RPG I have EVER played. Granted I haven't played every game so I can't talk about Mindjack, DNF, Brink, and others but still I have my choice and I stand by it.
Duke Nukem Forever was poorly directed, poorly narrated and poorly written, but it isn't a contender for the worst game of the year. True Gearbox slapped their hangers in the faces of the fans of the series, but the game itself was mediocre.
I haven't played The Cartel or Mindjack as they seem really really horrible.
That said, I find this being one of the better years of gaming. A lot of quality releases have come this year.
I haven't played The Cartel or Mindjack as they seem really really horrible.
That said, I find this being one of the better years of gaming. A lot of quality releases have come this year.
DUDE. THANK. YOU.Crocidurinae said:
I thought I was the only person on the entire Escapist who even knew its name. If I ever see you in real life (no I won't know its you and I don't know how I would anyway) then I will give you a hug then buy you lunch.
Seeing as the only game that I've played that's been released this year is Portal 2, I'm going to have to say Portal 2.
This, however, also makes it my GOTY so far as well
This, however, also makes it my GOTY so far as well
Wait how could that Neptunia comment make you sad unless......no. You can't possibly mean...you...LIKED IT?!?!?!?!?1?!!?!Volothos said:
Oh dear god what is wrong with you. I would suggest talking to a therapist very soon. I fear for your very sanity.
/sarcasm
Seriously though do you actually like that game? With every single infinitely horrid design choice they made? With the INCREDIBLY annoying main character? With the awful dialog and writing? With some of the ugliest graphics ever made? I can't wrap my head around how anyone likes it at all. I played the developer's last game Trinity Universe and while it would never get any awards from me I would only say its average but Hyperdimension Neptunia looks at every mistake in Trinity universe and makes each individual one exponentially worse. I honestly want to hear your counter argument since I still don't understand it at all.
Mindjack was pretty awful. It makes Call of Juarez: The Cartel seem incredibly entertaining.
On a more political side, Call of Juarez is by far the worst, definitely taking the prize for Most Racist Game I've ever played. It was still more than bearable in the sense at it was at least functional and had such ridiculously stupid dialogue and obvious undertones that it was almost fun for me.
Mindjack had a much less political point (except "corporations are evil!"), but was broken to the core, making it a much less appealing gameplay experience.
So yes, Mindjack was the worst for me. If I'm lucky, I might get my money back.
On a more political side, Call of Juarez is by far the worst, definitely taking the prize for Most Racist Game I've ever played. It was still more than bearable in the sense at it was at least functional and had such ridiculously stupid dialogue and obvious undertones that it was almost fun for me.
Mindjack had a much less political point (except "corporations are evil!"), but was broken to the core, making it a much less appealing gameplay experience.
So yes, Mindjack was the worst for me. If I'm lucky, I might get my money back.
The Duke failed me.
But the funny thing is that I like it more then Rage, I REALLY hated Rage with a passion, REALLY three bullets to the head and then he dies, I have to buy Car ammo and do a whole load of shit to finish a short story.
This is why I prefer games like Jak 3.
But the funny thing is that I like it more then Rage, I REALLY hated Rage with a passion, REALLY three bullets to the head and then he dies, I have to buy Car ammo and do a whole load of shit to finish a short story.
This is why I prefer games like Jak 3.
This is almost impossible to do IMO.. bad bad games do not usually get to the public, or are reviewed so poorly that people stay away. So, this for most people is "worst game of the few they've bought" which includes games that really arent bad.. just play lower than expected.
That being said.. worst game of the year for me:
The Cursed Crusade - had such high hopes for this game and its a really bad, but playable game. Its just bad.. controls try to do too much and its really just a button masher - a really bad one at that.
That being said.. worst game of the year for me:
The Cursed Crusade - had such high hopes for this game and its a really bad, but playable game. Its just bad.. controls try to do too much and its really just a button masher - a really bad one at that.
Im going to go with Brink (only because I outrightly refused to even entertain the idea of Duke Nukem, because I somehow knew it would be pretty terrible). But I had such naive high hopes for Brink. It had everything going for it...Oh how wrong was I!
L.A Noire was pretty bad in a smashing-head-against-wall-out-of-boredom kinda way.
L.A Noire was pretty bad in a smashing-head-against-wall-out-of-boredom kinda way.